Category: Murder

…Beveaved husband appeals for release of wife’s corpse for burial By NGOZI UWUJARE Twenty-two-year-old Sunday Peter is now in the cold embrace of detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command State, Abuja. Peter is alleged to have stabbed his aunt, 35-year-old Salome Idoko, to death with the help of an accomplice, Istafanus Yerima, 22, in the sitting room of her residence close to Berger Bridge Quarry Gate, Mpape, Abuja. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abubakar Bello told Sunday Sun that the ugly…

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Police in Bayelsa State have arrested a 24-year-old man, Vincent Edwin, for allegedly killing his wife Joy, with a machete. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday at Boro Camp, Kaiama, in the Kolokuma/Opukuma Local Government Area of the state. Joy was said to have gone fishing with her neighbour, Juliet Philip, when the husband attacked and killed her with the machete. It was gathered that the motive behind the husband’s action had yet to be ascertained. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Asinim Butswat,…

Presiding judge, Justice Ukpa Ebitam, in a matter instituted against Mr. Godwin Elewanna who was accused of killing a 22-year-old boy, Douglas Ojugbo on March 10, 2015 following suspicion that the victim was having an affair with his daughter, Mercy, by the Cross River State Government will deliver judgment on Nov 16th. Justice Ukpa Ebitam, however, remanded the accused in prison custody and adjourned the matter to November 16th for ruling on the no-case submission. It was alleged that Elewanna had shot Douglas in the arm and leg and allowed…

A 16-year-old boy, Adeola Okanlawan, on Tuesday told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos how his father was killed with a machete after complaining of smoke coming from a neighbour’s electricity generator. In his court testimony as first prosecution witness, Adeola said that their neighbour, one Ibrahim Tijani, killed his father with a cutlass in a disagreement over generator smoke. He said that his late father had called the defendant to complain about the smoke that was coming out of his generator set into his room. According to Adeola, his…

A Zimbabwean reverend sister, Plaxedes Kamundiya, met her demise at a prayer shrine in Mutoko after a man allegedly pounced on her, raped and killed her. According to Zimnews, the deceased was an official at St Georges High School. Her body was found floating in a dam after days of searching for her. It was learnt that Kamundiya visited the Mtoko Mother of Peace Community in an assessment tour in connection with a visit by mass server students from St Georges High School in Harare. After interacting with the orphans and…

A 30-year-old woman, Kula Pelima, has been charged with drowning her infant son and the baby’s 5-year-old half-brother, police officials in Wilmington, USA said Tuesday. It was gathered that she killed the two children after expressing concerns over her immigration status. The Police in Wilmington, who summoned to the woman’s apartment on Monday morning, found the children dead in the tub and a strong smell of gas in the air, prompting a temporary evacuation of the building, Philly.com reported. Chief of Police Robert Tracy told journalists at a news conference…

Etim Ekpimah, Uyo A man, Mr. Sunday Akpan of Eda Street, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has killed his wife, Mrs. Martha Akpan. He was also said to have dumped her remains in a rubbish dump. The Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, made this known in a statement on Tuesday, adding that investigation revealed that the incident occurred on October 11. He explained that Akpan had a misunderstanding with his wife, which led to a fight on the day. “After a tip-off, the command arrested one Sunday…

Olaide Oyelude, Katsina The police in Katsina State have arraigned a 21-year-old woman, Samsiya Hayatu, over the death of her stepson, Ahmed, who suffered third-degree burns, after being scalded by hot water. The two-year-old Ahmed lived with his father, Hayatu, and the stepmother at Yandaki town in the Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State before the incident. Northern City News had reported the death of the toddler last month. Competent police sources revealed that Samsiya was picked up and subsequently arraigned for culpable homicide before a Katsina State Senior…

Australian Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced a mother, who killed her three-year-old son “because he looked like his father,” to no less than 33 years in prison. The mother and her partner, the boy’s stepfather, were found guilty of murdering the toddler after almost two months of abuse in August 2014. Her partner was sentenced to 30 years in jail. “This was a terrible crime of child murder,’’ New South Wales Supreme Court Judge Peter Johnson said during the sentencing. The mother, 43, had claimed that the boy, identified only…

A man who is said to be mentally challenged, has killed his father in Ugbelle, Imo State. The incident occurred yesterday. . According to reports, the suspect, Emmanuel Ekweogu, was trying to leave the house with his mother’s bible and his father, Ifeanyi Ekweogu, wanted to prevent him from doing so. In annoyance, Emmanuel allegedly used a shovel to hit his dad on the head, leading to his death. source:http://www.pressnewsng.com.ng/2017/10/mentally-unstable-man-kills-his-father.html